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David McK (3883 KP) rated Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11) in Books
Aug 27, 2021
Another excellent entry in Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series: better than the one before it (Small Favour), but not the best entry in the series as a whole.
This time, Dresden must uncover who has framed Warden Morgan - formerly his chief prosecutor on the White Council - and see if he can uncover the traitor within the ranks of that body.
By the end of the novel, the world (as a whole) has become a somewhat shadier place: how do you know what the right thing to do is, when there is no clear-cut right or wrong?
This time, Dresden must uncover who has framed Warden Morgan - formerly his chief prosecutor on the White Council - and see if he can uncover the traitor within the ranks of that body.
By the end of the novel, the world (as a whole) has become a somewhat shadier place: how do you know what the right thing to do is, when there is no clear-cut right or wrong?
Bethr1986 (305 KP) rated A Girl From Forever (The Forever Institute #1) in Books
Oct 4, 2021
amazing
What would you do if you were kidnapped in the middle of the night and end up finding out that everything you've ever known is a lie! Fern has been kept a secret for her whole life now she must discover who she really is.
An absolutely action packed Thriller of a novel I was gripped from the get go. The way Yolanda has written absolutely captivates your imagination and takes you on the journey along with the characters I round myself getting nervous at points worrying about the outcome. I will definitely be reading the other 2 books!
Absolute must read
An absolutely action packed Thriller of a novel I was gripped from the get go. The way Yolanda has written absolutely captivates your imagination and takes you on the journey along with the characters I round myself getting nervous at points worrying about the outcome. I will definitely be reading the other 2 books!
Absolute must read
Batman, Volume 6: Graveyard Shift
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In the wake of the death of his son Damian, Batman is in danger of losing his humanity. However, the...
David McK (3883 KP) rated BattleTech Legends: Mercenary's Star (Gray Death trilogy #2) in Books
Sep 7, 2025
The second in William H. Keith Jr's 'The Gray Death Legion' trilogy, set in the BattleTech universe and following on from 'Decision at Thunder Rift'.
I do have to wonder, though, why this one is so titled when the vast bulk of the novel has little to no connection at all to the 'Mercenary's Star' of the title, other than that is where the Gray Death legion are contacted for their latest job!
Anyway, those who are into the whole BattleTech universe will get more out of this than those who are not - personally, I'm a little m'eh on the whole setting.
I do have to wonder, though, why this one is so titled when the vast bulk of the novel has little to no connection at all to the 'Mercenary's Star' of the title, other than that is where the Gray Death legion are contacted for their latest job!
Anyway, those who are into the whole BattleTech universe will get more out of this than those who are not - personally, I'm a little m'eh on the whole setting.
David McK (3883 KP) rated King Solomon's Mines in TV
Nov 9, 2025
Early 2000 - think it's 2004 - Hallmark tv movie starring Patrick Swayze as the African adventurer Allan Quartermain, who is hired by Elizabeth Maitland (Alison Doody) to help her find her father who has disappeared in Africa whilst searching for the legendary King Solomon's Mines.
It's been a while since I read the source novel, so I'm sure this takes more than a few liberties, however there are still elements that I remember from said source.
Basically, the entire thing feels Indiana Jones lite.
And that's not just because Alison Doody was one of the main characters in the Last Crusade.
It's been a while since I read the source novel, so I'm sure this takes more than a few liberties, however there are still elements that I remember from said source.
Basically, the entire thing feels Indiana Jones lite.
And that's not just because Alison Doody was one of the main characters in the Last Crusade.
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Dec 2, 2025
David McK (3883 KP) rated Sharpe's Mission (1996) in Movies
Dec 8, 2022 (Updated Jan 1, 2026)
Sharpe's Mission.
This, I believe, is the only Sean Bean led Sharpe made-for-TV movie NOT to be based on a Sharpe novel by Bernard Cornwell, even although it is written well enough that it very well could have been!
As with all of the Sharpe stories, you know pretty much what to expect: Sharpe is sent on a dangerous mission (here, to blow up a French ammunition supply during the closing stages of the Peninsular War), and ends up fighting just as much against those in authority on his own side as against the French ...
This, I believe, is the only Sean Bean led Sharpe made-for-TV movie NOT to be based on a Sharpe novel by Bernard Cornwell, even although it is written well enough that it very well could have been!
As with all of the Sharpe stories, you know pretty much what to expect: Sharpe is sent on a dangerous mission (here, to blow up a French ammunition supply during the closing stages of the Peninsular War), and ends up fighting just as much against those in authority on his own side as against the French ...
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Jun 22, 2026
David McK (3883 KP) rated Sharpe's Waterloo in Books
Jul 5, 2026
A novel that's not so much about the fictional Richard Sharpe, than it is about the hostorical Battle of Waterloo. Along with Austerlitz, this is, of course, probably the most famous battle of the Napoleonic wars, where Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington) Allied Anglo-Dutch army defeated the might of France and brought to an end those wars which had raged for years and years!
It's no surprise, therefore, that Cornwell has perhaps his most famous protaganist caught up in the events leading up to the battle, and then in the thick of the battle itself!
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It's no surprise, therefore, that Cornwell has perhaps his most famous protaganist caught up in the events leading up to the battle, and then in the thick of the battle itself!
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